Where does “caesium” come from?
caesium (Latin) comes from Russian це́зий, from Latin caesius, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
caesium (Latin): nominative neuter singular of caesius; caesium
Definitions
- nominative neuter singular of caesius; caesium
Ancestry of “caesium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | це́зий | caesium UK, cesium US |
| 2 | Latin | caesius | bluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed;... |
| 3 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |
Words derived from “caesium”